Harrison Mwakyembe

In 13 November 2007 the member of parliament of Tanzania was formed a five-member committee headed by Kyela MP, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe, to investigate on the Richmond corruption scandal involved Edward Lowassa . On February 7, 2008, Edward Lowassa was forced to resign after being implicated in the Richmond Energy deal corruption scandal. This followed a parliamentary committee report on an emergency power generation contract between the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd (TANESCO), a public corporation, and a US company styled Richmond Development Company LLC of Houston, Texas. The Mwakyembe committee found the contract to have been fraudulently concluded, hence unconscionable. Richmond was contracted to provide 100 megawatts of electricity each day after a drought early in 2006 but the Richmond generators arrived late and did not work as expected. In spite of this, the government paid Richmond more than $100,000 a day. Lowassa's office then influenced the government's decision to extend Richmonds contract despite advice to the contrary form TANESCO. Two other cabinet ministers who had held the energy portfolio, Dr. Ibrahim Msabaha and Nazir Karamagi were forced to resign as well.

Harrison George Mwakyembe is a Tanzanian politician member of CCM and Member of Parliament for Kyela constituency since 2005. ‘’’Mwakyembe’’’was fast elected a member of East African Legislative Assembly in 2001 to 2005, through that confederation assembly gained an experience of representing the interest of people, United Republic of Tanzania and of the union. In the year 2015 The United Republic of Tanzania set for general election where ‘’’Harrison Mwakyembe’’’ was among of the contestants to Kyela constituency through Chamacha Mapinduzi and he won the seat as a member of house of parliament of Tanzania. While in house of parliament in 2006 to 2010 wa appointed a parliament committee member of investment and Trade as a vice Chairman, between 2010 to 2012 Dr Harrison Mwakyembe was appointed by the President of the united Republic of Tanzania his exllency Jakaya Kikwete to the post of Deputy Minister for Works. From 2012 to 2015 Dr Harrison Mwakyembe was a member of the Infrastructure development Committee. In 2010 the voters of Kyela Constituency reelected him to the house of Parliament for a second term. In 2012 to 2015 Dr Harrison Mwakyembe was appointed as minister for Transport, 2015 October Tanzania was in the general election where again Dr Harrison Mwakyembe was elected a member of parliament for third term and to cause being appointed as a minister of the Ministry of East African Co-operation then 2015 to 2017 he served as a Minister for Constitution and justice affairs where he served until 2017, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe is now the current minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports.

Dr Harrison G. Mwakyembe was born on 10 December 1955 in Kyela, Mbeya Region. He was educated fast at Tukuyu Primary School Harrison Mwakyembe started his way to the world of knowledge and between 1966 was shifted to Kituli primary School until 1968 where he completed a standard seven level "PCEE", (Primary School Education Examination) and passed to Ordinary level education that was in 1969 to 1972 at Tabora Boys secondary School for CSEE (Certificate of Secondary Education Examination) in 1973 to 1974 Harrison Mwakyembe prospered to ACSEE (Advance of Secondary Education Examination), in 1975 to 1977 he applied at the Tanzania School of Journalism where attained a Diploma of Journalism before attaining a Bachelor o Laws LLB at the University of Dar es Salaam. Harrison Mwakyembe joined the world of intellectual property after acquiring Post graduate certificate in Intellectual Property through the University of Turin and in 1984 to 1986 respectively Harrison Mwakyembe received a Master of Laws LLM at the University of Hamburg then between 1992 and 1995 was successfully titled a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) as a Doctor of Laws at the University of Hamburg.